MLB Weekly Digest June 17th Edition: Moves and Injuries

In this Weekly Digest: The previous week in MLB was about a team in the American League adding a potent bat, a team in the National League places a starting pitcher on the injured list, and a shortstop will be sidelined several weeks.

The New York Yankees have added a potent bat to their lineup, by acquiring designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion from the Seattle Mariners, per Jeff Passan of ESPN.

Edwin Encarnación has been traded from the Seattle Mariners to the New York Yankees, sources familiar with the deal tell ESPN. Encarnación currently leads the American League with 21 home runs. The Mariners’ teardown is in full bloom and the Yankees get another big bat.

The Chicago Cubs will be without one of their best starting pitchers moving forward as Kyle Hendricks was placed on the injured list with right shoulder inflammation, and the team has recalled right-handed pitcher Rowan Wick, per a team announcement.

The Los Angeles Dodgers will be won’t have one of the better players on the team for several weeks as they placed shortstop Corey Seager on the injured list with a left hamstring strain, per a team announcement.

The Dodgers today activated IF Matt Beaty from the 10-day injured list and placed IF Corey Seager on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to June 12, with left hamstring strain.

This type of injury typically sidelines players between four to six weeks.

The loss of Seager is crucial to the Dodgers as he was having a very productive 2019 season, as indicated by his .278 average and .828 OPS in 66 games with 21 doubles, 40 runs scored, eight home runs and 38 RBIs.

The Dodgers are in an excellent position to let this injury heal as they have a nine-and-a-half-game lead in the NL West division.

A hamstring injury can linger on and become worse if not treated correctly; I expect the Dodgers won’t bring back Seager until his hamstring has fully healed.

The Dodgers will need Seager healthy as they have aspirations of not just making the playoffs, but returning to the World Series.

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